
" 'When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another' It is not
the will of God that your lives shall be carelessly
sacrificed."—Testimonies,
vol. 9, pp. 232-236.
10.
What serious course will Sunday legislation finally take?
What is this period called? What is God's promise to His people
for this time? Rev. 13:13, 15, 17; Jer. 30:5-7.
NOTE.—"I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus'
work was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues.
These plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we
had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could rid
the earth of us, the plagues would then be stayed. A decree went forth to
slay the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This
was the time of Jacob's trouble."—Early
Writings,
pages 36, 37.
"Fearful is the issue to which the world is to be brought. The powers
of earth, uniting to war against the commandments of God, will decree that
all, 'both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,' shall conform to the
customs of the church by the observance of the false sabbath. All who refuse
compliance will be visited with civil penalties, and it will finally be declared
that they are deserving of death. On the other hand, the law of God enjoining
the Creator's rest day demands obedience, and threatens wrath against all
who transgress its precepts:
"With the issue thus clearly brought before him, whoever shall trample
upon God's law to obey a human enactment, receives the mark of the beast."
—The Great Controversy,
page 604.
The Mighty Deliverance and Glorious Reward
11.
Although the time of trouble and persecution seems long
to God's waiting people, what is His promise regarding the finish-
ing of the work and the deliverance of His people? Rom. 9:28;
Luke 18:7, 8.
12.
What glorious prospect awaits those who have been faith-
ful and have had the victory over the beast and over his image?
Matt. 25:34; Rev. 3:21; 22:14; Isa. 51:11.
NOTE.—"Upon the crystal sea before the throne, that sea of glass as it
were mingled with fire,—so resplendent is it with the glory of God,—are
gathered the company that have 'gotten the victory over the beast, and over
his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name.' ... 'These
are they which came out of great tribulation;' they have passed through the
time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation; they have en-
dured the anguish of the time of Jacob's trouble; they have stood without
an intercessor through the final outpouring of God's judgments. But they
have been delivered, for they have 'washed their robes, and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb' `In their mouth was found no guile: for they are
without fault' before God. 'Therefore are they before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them' (Rev.
7:14-17)."—The Great Controversy,
pages 648, 649.
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